Opposites attract in sports, too, and things don't get much farther apart than curling and baseball.

But that might be why they're going so well for Jennifer Jones and her husband, Scott Labonte.

Growing up in Winnipeg, Labonte was exposed to curling early on in life.

"I wasn't a curler, I knew about curling," he said. "I grew up playing baseball and played for Team Canada for a few years."

But it wasn't until this year that the shortstop traded in his bat for a broom and actually began curling, himself.

"For 15 years I've been watching Jennifer play and I had a number of friends who had watched her play and got very interested in the game," Labonte said. "We'd always said let's put a team in but we never got around to it.

"This year we finally put it in, so I've got former Winnipeg Jet Russ Romaniuk as my third and I'm the skip. None of us throw any better than the other but I guess I'm the skip because I've been watching the strategy for 15 years."

The team plays men's league in Winnipeg, where they are off to a 3-3 start to the year.

"First time. None of us have ever thrown and we're .500," he said. "We're really happy with that."

Becoming a recreational player hasn't really changed his view of what's happening when he's watching Jones from the stands, but it's changed his outlook on curlers as athletes.

"I can't say my perspective has changed because the game that we play is obviously very different than the game they play, but I guess I do have more of an appreciation for the physical ability of the women to go out and throw. It looks a lot easier than it is, so when you get out there and you actually attempt it, as much as you understand strategy, you realize the execution.

"When I play, I'm hoping to miss by less than two feet. When they play, they're hoping to miss by less than two inches."

The couple first met on the job 18 years ago and has been married going on six years - only slightly longer than Jones's road to the Roar of the Rings and the chance to represent Canada at Vancouver 2010 - which doesn't leave a lot of time to add any little future curlers to the family.

"The preparation for this has been a few years now," Labonte said. "You can't always time these things but we'd like to start a family and when the time is right that will happen."

At home, it's safe to say Jones isn't the same person that everyone sees standing in the house on TV.

"Jennifer is obviously very competitive and very intense on the ice and very driven, so when we spend our time at home, we spend our time away from the rink relaxing," Labonte laughed. "She doesn't scream at me when I don't do the dishes like she does when we need to make a big shot."

In return, Labonte doesn't offer Jones any curling advice.

"I would not dare offer her any advice with anything to do with curling," he winced. "All I can do is be supportive and enjoy the time we spend together."